Question 1

The text argues that the impact of the American Revolution on the social condition of most of the citizens was

Accepted Answer

A)  monumental 
B)  truly revolutionary 
C)  minimal 
D)  highly significant 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  monumental 
B)  truly revolutionary 
C)  minimal 
D)  highly significant 
E)  None of the options are correct. C

Question 2

One reason the American Revolution is significant is because of which of the following?

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A)  It drained the English of their resources. 
B)  It brought about peace in Europe for the first time in a century. 
C)  The French proved inept in battle. 
D)  It was the first full revolt by a European colony. 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  It drained the English of their resources. 
B)  It brought about peace in Europe for the first time in a century. 
C)  The French proved inept in battle. 
D)  It was the first full revolt by a European colony. 
E)  None of the options are correct. D

Question 3

The British government responded to the Boston Tea Party by

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A)  opening negotiations. 
B)  closing Boston Harbor. 
C)  attacking Americans at Lexington. 
D)  passing the Navigation Acts. 
E)  arresting all those involved. 
A)  opening negotiations. 
B)  closing Boston Harbor. 
C)  attacking Americans at Lexington. 
D)  passing the Navigation Acts. 
E)  arresting all those involved. B

Question 4

Discuss the differences between the American Revolution and the French Revolution.Consider the outcome of the American Revolution and the emergence of a republican form of government, and the outcome of the French Revolution, which started to depose a king and ended with an emperor.

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Answers would include the American trium

Question 5

Because America contained no large numbers of the very poor, Americans

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A)  felt more comfortable with the concept of democracy than did Europeans. 
B)  reserved their special "consideration due to impoverished backgrounds" to the newest immigrants. 
C)  were more comfortable with Irish radical immigrants than they would have otherwise. 
D)  did not understand the French Revolution at all. 
E)  wanted to forget about the social problems then facing countries across Europe. 
A)  felt more comfortable with the concept of democracy than did Europeans. 
B)  reserved their special "consideration due to impoverished backgrounds" to the newest immigrants. 
C)  were more comfortable with Irish radical immigrants than they would have otherwise. 
D)  did not understand the French Revolution at all. 
E)  wanted to forget about the social problems then facing countries across Europe.

Question 6

The American colonies are best described as which of the following at the start of the American Revolution?

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A)  United 
B)  Divided 
C)  Apathetic 
D)  Conservative 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  United 
B)  Divided 
C)  Apathetic 
D)  Conservative 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 7

What was the the real American Revolution that manifested itself over time only by degrees after 1783?

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A)  The military victory by the colonies which gave them their independence from Britain. 
B)  The eventual ratification of the Bill of Rights and the follow-on amendments. 
C)  The establishment of a republican form of representative government without a monarch. 
D)  The establishment of American sovereignty after the Peace of Paris. 
E)  The revocation of the Articles of Confederation and the ratification of the Constitution. 
A)  The military victory by the colonies which gave them their independence from Britain. 
B)  The eventual ratification of the Bill of Rights and the follow-on amendments. 
C)  The establishment of a republican form of representative government without a monarch. 
D)  The establishment of American sovereignty after the Peace of Paris. 
E)  The revocation of the Articles of Confederation and the ratification of the Constitution.

Question 8

Which was not truly an 18th century liberal ideal?

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A)  Equality before the law. 
B)  Representative government for everyone. 
C)  Freedom of the press. 
D)  Freedom of assembly. 
E)  Liberty of conscience. 
A)  Equality before the law. 
B)  Representative government for everyone. 
C)  Freedom of the press. 
D)  Freedom of assembly. 
E)  Liberty of conscience.

Question 9

Which of these popular documents revealed how inflamed the colonists had become?

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A)  Common Sense 
B)  Poor Richard's Almanac 
C)  The Navigation Acts 
D)  The Articles of Confederation 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  Common Sense 
B)  Poor Richard's Almanac 
C)  The Navigation Acts 
D)  The Articles of Confederation 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 10

At the outset of the revolt against England, colonists wanted which of the following?

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A)  Complete freedom. 
B)  A true democracy. 
C)  A theocracy. 
D)  Representation in Parliament. 
A)  Complete freedom. 
B)  A true democracy. 
C)  A theocracy. 
D)  Representation in Parliament.

Question 11

The major protest in the colonies in 1765 was generated by the

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A)  Stamp Act. 
B)  Navigation Acts. 
C)  Declaratory Acts. 
D)  Townshend Acts. 
E)  Quartering Act. 
A)  Stamp Act. 
B)  Navigation Acts. 
C)  Declaratory Acts. 
D)  Townshend Acts. 
E)  Quartering Act.

Question 12

The basic liberal philosophy is a product of the ____________________ period.

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The answer of The basic liberal philosophy is a product...

Question 13

What is meant by the modern phrase of a "level playing field" relative to the concepts of the Eighteenth-century liberals?

Accepted Answer

A)  That all citizens should be subject to universal political participation. 
B)  That everyone should have equal economic status. 
C)  Equal opportunity of proving oneself in competition. 
D)  The people should have total individual freedom. 
E)  People deserve to have equal societal status. 
A)  That all citizens should be subject to universal political participation. 
B)  That everyone should have equal economic status. 
C)  Equal opportunity of proving oneself in competition. 
D)  The people should have total individual freedom. 
E)  People deserve to have equal societal status.

Question 14

In France, prior to the French Revolution there were three "estates".What were those three estates?

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A)  The Primary Estate of the ruling class, the Mass Estate made up of the peasants and military, and the Church Estate of the clergy. 
B)  The First Estate made up of the clergy, the Second Estate consisting of the nobility, and the Third Estate which included everyone else. 
C)  The Philosophes Estate made up of intellectuals, the Major Estates consisting of the government, and the General Estate of the masses. 
D)  The First Estate consisting of the press, the Jacobins Estate composed of the terrorists, and the Liberty Estate of wealthy land owners. 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  The Primary Estate of the ruling class, the Mass Estate made up of the peasants and military, and the Church Estate of the clergy. 
B)  The First Estate made up of the clergy, the Second Estate consisting of the nobility, and the Third Estate which included everyone else. 
C)  The Philosophes Estate made up of intellectuals, the Major Estates consisting of the government, and the General Estate of the masses. 
D)  The First Estate consisting of the press, the Jacobins Estate composed of the terrorists, and the Liberty Estate of wealthy land owners. 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 15

Regarding the issue of slavery, Americans

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A)  left the institution untouched. 
B)  openly condemned it, but only abolished it in the south. 
C)  encouraged individual Americans to free their own slaves. 
D)  passed legislation to end slavery in a 20 year time frame. 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  left the institution untouched. 
B)  openly condemned it, but only abolished it in the south. 
C)  encouraged individual Americans to free their own slaves. 
D)  passed legislation to end slavery in a 20 year time frame. 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 16

The support that the British army had from their Parliament for the American war can best be described as

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A)  enthusiastic. 
B)  whole-hearted. 
C)  lacking fervor. 
D)  fanatical. 
E)  purely economic. 
A)  enthusiastic. 
B)  whole-hearted. 
C)  lacking fervor. 
D)  fanatical. 
E)  purely economic.

Question 17

Which colony was at the center of the unrest in the American colonies?

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A)  Plymouth. 
B)  Georgia. 
C)  Massachusetts Bay. 
D)  The Carolinas. 
E)  Virginia. 
A)  Plymouth. 
B)  Georgia. 
C)  Massachusetts Bay. 
D)  The Carolinas. 
E)  Virginia.

Question 18

Which of these was true of the American colonies in 1775?

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A)  Overall, their taxes were above average. 
B)  Per capita income was higher than in any European country. 
C)  The Hanovers kept a tight rein on the American colonists, but liberal ideas made that harder to do. 
D)  The colonists had offered to put together their own standing army so that Britain would not have to bear that cost, but they had been rebuked. 
E)  About one million free colonists lived in America by that time. 
A)  Overall, their taxes were above average. 
B)  Per capita income was higher than in any European country. 
C)  The Hanovers kept a tight rein on the American colonists, but liberal ideas made that harder to do. 
D)  The colonists had offered to put together their own standing army so that Britain would not have to bear that cost, but they had been rebuked. 
E)  About one million free colonists lived in America by that time.

Question 19

Nineteenth century liberals believed that the cure for many of society's problems would be

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A)  financial success. 
B)  good jobs. 
C)  urban living. 
D)  education. 
E)  rationalism. 
A)  financial success. 
B)  good jobs. 
C)  urban living. 
D)  education. 
E)  rationalism.

Question 20

____________________, by Thomas Paine was considered radical but immensely popular.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________, by Thomas Paine was considered radical...

Exam 30: Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The text argues that the impact of the American Revolution on the social condition of most of the citizens was

One reason the American Revolution is significant is because of which of the following?

The British government responded to the Boston Tea Party by

Discuss the differences between the American Revolution and the French Revolution.Consider the outcome of the American Revolution and the emergence of a republican form of government, and the outcome of the French Revolution, which started to depose a king and ended with an emperor.

Because America contained no large numbers of the very poor, Americans

The American colonies are best described as which of the following at the start of the American Revolution?

What was the the real American Revolution that manifested itself over time only by degrees after 1783?

Which was not truly an 18th century liberal ideal?

Which of these popular documents revealed how inflamed the colonists had become?

At the outset of the revolt against England, colonists wanted which of the following?

The major protest in the colonies in 1765 was generated by the

The basic liberal philosophy is a product of the ____________________ period.

What is meant by the modern phrase of a "level playing field" relative to the concepts of the Eighteenth-century liberals?

In France, prior to the French Revolution there were three "estates".What were those three estates?

Regarding the issue of slavery, Americans

The support that the British army had from their Parliament for the American war can best be described as

Which colony was at the center of the unrest in the American colonies?

Which of these was true of the American colonies in 1775?

Nineteenth century liberals believed that the cure for many of society's problems would be

____________________, by Thomas Paine was considered radical but immensely popular.

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